March 2013 Grocery Challenge

his_missus

Hello all!

We did a Sm shop last night as there are just some things we can't buy/can't buy as cheaply in town and from the market. Spent £59 but should last a few weeks.

£179/£200 :eek:

K9sandFelines

medusasmummy wrote: »

a$da £36.35 (stocked up on i cant believe its not butter £1.50 for 1KG)

Morning, thanks for the heads up, just added that to my shopping; will be useful hopefully for making cakes during half term , not good on my purse though creeping another item in :rotfl:

becsxxx

Hi everyone, went to the market in town just now and spent £12 but got:
1.2kg of pork belly - I am doing slow cooked and pressed pork belly for our guests on Sunday
a footlong pack of sausage meat for sausage rolls
savoy and red cabbages
broccoli
mushrooms
5 limes (also making key lime pie!)

so don't think that's too bad, but also need to go to Ald1 tonight for rest of the things we'll need including beer and nibbles which always bump the total up

will update sig tonight when I can see what the full damage is....

Billie-jo

6 NSD in a row but this is not really due to us being very :money:but more due to us all having this rotten flu bug that we cannot shake off. Meal plans have completely gone by the wayside as we have only just started to eat a little and at some point today I must go and check through the fridge and freeze what ever needs freezing. Have already just thrown what was left of a roast chicken into a freezer bag and froze and will possibly make a pie with it when up to it. Also a large ball of pastry has been frozen as didnt get used. I know that a large box of mushrooms need using soon so am going to have some of those for tea tonight with maybe an egg. Dont really want them but know that we need to eat something.

Hope everyone else is well and sticking to their challenge.

lizalloareds

spends for wk 3 so far
Mr T £25.16
Mr A £2.65
Mr S £12.26
Aldi £19.47
Icld £1
PLD £1
FF £1.54
Lidl £1.68
very close to weekly spend already, had to buy some herbs, spices and coconut powder as I want to make my own curry sauce base/ Korma on the plus side I now have a well stocked store cupboard.

meg72

Billie-jo wrote: »

6 NSD in a row but this is not really due to us being very :money:but more due to us all having this rotten flu bug that we cannot shake off. Meal plans have completely gone by the wayside as we have only just started to eat a little and at some point today I must go and check through the fridge and freeze what ever needs freezing. Have already just thrown what was left of a roast chicken into a freezer bag and froze and will possibly make a pie with it when up to it. Also a large ball of pastry has been frozen as didnt get used. I know that a large box of mushrooms need using soon so am going to have some of those for tea tonight with maybe an egg. Dont really want them but know that we need to eat something.

Hope everyone else is well and sticking to their challenge.

Feel for you regarding the bug,I am on my third week of it now.
Still not much shopping done am now really pleased I have my stocks.Not eating much though seem to be feeding th freezer mor than me as I cooki and thn dont want to eat it.

Coxy11

Get better soon to all the poorlies out there :grouphug:

Went to donate blood at lunchtime and popped into MrT's for the milk and veg we needed. Just a £3.79 spent on 4 pints ss, mini corn and mini courgettes.

Nurse said I need more iron in my diet as the test droplet didn't sink very fast. I do have low blood pressure (always have done) so that is a factor. Don't really want to take iron tablets due to the side effects What can I eat that I don't already? I do have green veg 6 days out of 7. Can't bear dark chocolate. Any ideas folks?

Coxy

[Deleted User]

Worked out my food plan for next week and shopped for the majority of it at Asda - spent £11.36. Still have to get a few bits from Lidl on Sunday and that should be us sorted for next week.

Eating mostly vegetarian next week to keep prices down - HM Pizza, Pasta Arabiatta, HM Quiche, Cheesy beanos and having a Tesco Steak Dianne bought with vouchers last week. Lunches will be baked potatoes with various fillings for the first few days of the week and then sandwiches for the rest of the week.

Florenceem

Coxy11 wrote: »

Get better soon to all the poorlies out there :grouphug:

Went to donate blood at lunchtime and popped into MrT's for the milk and veg we needed. Just a £3.79 spent on 4 pints ss, mini corn and mini courgettes.

Nurse said I need more iron in my diet as the test droplet didn't sink very fast. I do have low blood pressure (always have done) so that is a factor. Don't really want to take iron tablets due to the side effects What can I eat that I don't already? I do have green veg 6 days out of 7. Can't bear dark chocolate. Any ideas folks?

Coxy

Red meat
Egg yolks
Dark, leafy greens (spinach, collards)
Dried fruit (prunes, raisins)
Iron-enriched cereals and grains (check the labels)
Mollusks (oysters, clams, scallops)
Turkey or chicken giblets
Beans, lentils, chick peas and soybeans
Liver
Artichokes

maximus_leeds

Coxy11 wrote: »

Nurse said I need more iron in my diet as the test droplet didn't sink very fast. I do have low blood pressure (always have done) so that is a factor. Don't really want to take iron tablets due to the side effects What can I eat that I don't already? I do have green veg 6 days out of 7. Can't bear dark chocolate. Any ideas folks?

Coxy

When I was pregnant with my second child, I had low iron and like you, didn't want to use the tablets because of the side effects. It was summer and I ate a lot of spinach, dried apricots and pine nut salads - so be sure to up your dried fruit in take too Coxy